Re: [PATCH V9 08/13] posix clocks: cleanup the CLOCK_DISPTACH macro

[Richard Cochran <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 06:03:24PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Richard Cochran wrote:
> >  int posix_cpu_clock_getres(const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec *ts);
> >  int posix_cpu_clock_get(const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec *ts);
> > -int posix_cpu_clock_set(const clockid_t which_clock, const struct timespec *ts);
> > +int posix_cpu_clock_set(const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec *ts);
> 
> Shouldn't we change the clock_set function to have *ts const in all places ?

The common_clock_set function calls:

    do_sys_settimeofday
        security_settime
            cap_settime
    do_settimeofday

so all their signatures must also change.

Should I add that into my patch set?

Thanks,
Richard
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